ADOPTED - OCTOBER 27, 2009

Agenda Item No. 11

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

RESOLUTION APPROVING  INGHAM COUNTY MODEL PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENT AND SPECIFIC PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN INGHAM COUNTY AND WESLEY AND JANET CLARK; GARY AND SANDRA HAYNES; AND LEE AND MICHAEL WEBB

 

RESOLUTION #09-357

 

WHEREAS, Ingham County desires to provide for the effective long-term protection and preservation of farmland in Ingham County from the pressure of increasing residential and commercial development; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners adopted the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance in July 2004; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board has scored and ranked all applications received for the 2009 cycle and has recommended to proceed with negotiations on the top five ranked farms; and


WHEREAS, the Ingham County Farmland Purchase of Development Rights Ordinance authorized the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board to make reasonable offers to purchase development rights on farms based on state certified appraisals; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board enlisted the services of Yankee Appraisal Associates to determine values for the purchase of development rights on the Clark, Webb and Haynes farms; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board has funding in place to present Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreements to the landowners.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approves the attached Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreements.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approves the Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreements between Ingham County and Wesley and Janet Clark; Lee and Michael Webb; and Gary and Sandra Haynes.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairperson and the County Clerk to sign any necessary documents that are consistent with this Resolution and approved as to form by the County Attorney.

 

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Celentino, Koenig, Holman, Copedge, Grebner, Vickers

     Nays:  None          Absent:  None           Approved 10/6/09

 

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Tennis, Davis, Dougan

    Nays:  None           Absent:  None   Approved 10/21/09

 

 


PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENT

 

            This Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreement (“Option Agreement”) is made and entered into this ____ day of __________, 20__, by and between ___________________________ (“Seller”), whose address is _______________________, Michigan ____, and the County of Ingham (“County”), a political subdivision of the State of Michigan, on behalf of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board, whose address is P.O. Box 319, Mason, Michigan 48854.

 

            1.  Option Agreement.  In consideration of One Dollar ($1.00), Seller grants the County an exclusive option to purchase a Permanent Conservation Easement Deed (“Conservation Easement”) over, under, upon, and across the following described real property located in the Township of __________, Ingham County, Michigan, to-wit:

 

            See legal description attached as Exhibit A.

 

            2.  Period and Exercise of Option Agreement.  This Option Agreement shall remain in effect for one year from the date this Option Agreement has been executed by the parties.  The County may exercise the Option Agreement by giving written notice to the Seller at the address set forth above.

 

            3.  Purchase Price.  The total purchase price for the Conservation Easement shall be _____________ Dollars ($______________). 

 

            4.  Closing.  A closing of the purchase and sale of the Conservation Easement under this Option Agreement shall be held within a reasonable time frame of the County’s exercise of this Option Agreement.  Seller shall execute and deliver at closing a Conservation Easement, in a recordable form substantially similar to the document attached as Exhibit B.  Seller shall pay any real estate transfer taxes due upon conveyance of the Conservation Easement.  The County shall pay any recording fees.

 

            5.  Taxes.  All real property taxes shall be paid by Seller.  The County shall have no responsibility for real property taxes. 

 

            6.  Binding Effect.  This Option Agreement becomes effective when signed by the parties, and shall then apply to and bind the Seller and the Seller’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

           

7.  Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of either of the parties to this Option Agreement in exercising any right, power or privilege set forth herein shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

 

            8.  Amendments.  Modification, amendments, or waivers of any provision of this Option Agreement may be made only by the written mutual consent of the parties.

 

            9.  Complete Agreement.  This Option Agreement and any additional or supplementary documents incorporated herein by specific reference contain all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties.  No other agreements, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this Option Agreement or any part thereof shall have any validity or bind any of the parties. 

 

10. Specific Performance.         Upon signing this option agreement, Seller agrees to pay back all expenses incurred in the preparation to close by the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board in the event of a withdrawal by Seller.  Funds paid back will be deposited into the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board Fund.

 

            11.  Certification of Authority to Sign Option Agreement.  The persons signing this Option Agreement on behalf of the Seller and the County certify by their signatures that they are authorized to sign this Option Agreement on behalf of the respective parties, and that this Option Agreement has been authorized by the respective parties. 

 

                                                                                    SELLER

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by ______________________________________________.

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

                                   

 

INGHAM COUNTY

 

Date: ______________                                   By:_____________________________

                                                                           Debbie De Leon, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Board of Commissioners

                                                           

 

Date: _______________                                 By:_____________________________

                                                                           Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Farmland and Open Space

                                                                           Preservation Board

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Debbie De Leon, Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

 


PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENT

 

            This Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreement (“Option Agreement”) is made and entered into this ____ day of __________, 20__, by and between Wesley and Janet Clark (“Seller”), whose address is 5846 Curtis Road, Mason, Michigan 48854, and the County of Ingham (“County”), a political subdivision of the State of Michigan, on behalf of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board, whose address is P.O. Box 319, Mason, Michigan 48854.

 

            1.  Option Agreement.  In consideration of One Dollar ($1.00), Seller grants the County an exclusive option to purchase a Permanent Conservation Easement Deed (“Conservation Easement”) over, under, upon, and across the following described real property located in the Township of Aurelius Ingham County, Michigan, to-wit:

 

            See legal description attached as Exhibit A.

 

            2.  Period and Exercise of Option Agreement.  This Option Agreement shall remain in effect for one year from the date this Option Agreement has been executed by the parties.  The County may exercise the Option Agreement by giving written notice to the Seller at the address set forth above.

 

            3.  Purchase Price.  The total purchase price for the Conservation Easement shall be One Hundred Seven Thousand, Three Hundred Eight and 50/100 Dollars ($107,308.50). 

 

            4.  Closing.  A closing of the purchase and sale of the Conservation Easement under this Option Agreement shall be held within a reasonable time frame of the County’s exercise of this Option Agreement.  Seller shall execute and deliver at closing a Conservation Easement, in a recordable form substantially similar to the document attached as Exhibit B.  Seller shall pay any real estate transfer taxes due upon conveyance of the Conservation Easement.  The County shall pay any recording fees.

 

            5.  Taxes.  All real property taxes shall be paid by Seller.  The County shall have no responsibility for real property taxes. 

 

            6.  Binding Effect.  This Option Agreement becomes effective when signed by the parties, and shall then apply to and bind the Seller and the Seller’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

           

7.  Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of either of the parties to this Option Agreement in exercising any right, power or privilege set forth herein shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

 

            8.  Amendments.  Modification, amendments, or waivers of any provision of this Option Agreement may be made only by the written mutual consent of the parties.

 

            9.  Complete Agreement.  This Option Agreement and any additional or supplementary documents incorporated herein by specific reference contain all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties.  No other agreements, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this Option Agreement or any part thereof shall have any validity or bind any of the parties. 

 

10. Specific Performance.         Upon signing this option agreement, Seller agrees to pay back all expenses incurred in the preparation to close by the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board in the event of a withdrawal by Seller.  Funds paid back will be deposited into the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board Fund.

 

            11.  Certification of Authority to Sign Option Agreement.  The persons signing this Option Agreement on behalf of the Seller and the County certify by their signatures that they are authorized to sign this Option Agreement on behalf of the respective parties, and that this Option Agreement has been authorized by the respective parties. 

 

                                                                                    SELLER

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by ______________________________________________.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

                                               

 

INGHAM COUNTY

 

 

Date: ______________                                   By:_____________________________

                                                                           Debbie De Leon, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Board of Commissioners

                                                                                   

 

Date: _______________                                 By:_____________________________

                                                                           Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Farmland and Open Space

                                                                           Preservation Board

 

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Debbie De Leon, Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

 


 

PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENT

 

            This Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreement (“Option Agreement”) is made and entered into this ____ day of __________, 20__, by and between Gary and Sandra Haynes (“Seller”), whose address is 1620 E. Edgar Road, Mason, Michigan 48854, and the County of Ingham (“County”), a political subdivision of the State of Michigan, on behalf of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board, whose address is P.O. Box 319, Mason, Michigan 48854.

 

            1.  Option Agreement.  In consideration of One Dollar ($1.00), Seller grants the County an exclusive option to purchase a Permanent Conservation Easement Deed (“Conservation Easement”) over, under, upon, and across the following described real property located in the Township of Aurelius, Ingham County, Michigan, to-wit:

 

            See legal description attached as Exhibit A.

 

            2.  Period and Exercise of Option Agreement.  This Option Agreement shall remain in effect for one year from the date this Option Agreement has been executed by the parties.  The County may exercise the Option Agreement by giving written notice to the Seller at the address set forth above.

 

            3.  Purchase Price.  The total purchase price for the Conservation Easement shall be Three Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($399,750.00). 

 

            4.  Closing.  A closing of the purchase and sale of the Conservation Easement under this Option Agreement shall be held within a reasonable time frame of the County’s exercise of this Option Agreement.  Seller shall execute and deliver at closing a Conservation Easement, in a recordable form substantially similar to the document attached as Exhibit B.  Seller shall pay any real estate transfer taxes due upon conveyance of the Conservation Easement.  The County shall pay any recording fees.

 

            5.  Taxes.  All real property taxes shall be paid by Seller.  The County shall have no responsibility for real property taxes. 

 

            6.  Binding Effect.  This Option Agreement becomes effective when signed by the parties, and shall then apply to and bind the Seller and the Seller’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

           

7.  Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of either of the parties to this Option Agreement in exercising any right, power or privilege set forth herein shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

 

            8.  Amendments.  Modification, amendments, or waivers of any provision of this Option Agreement may be made only by the written mutual consent of the parties.

 

            9.  Complete Agreement.  This Option Agreement and any additional or supplementary documents incorporated herein by specific reference contain all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties.  No other agreements, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this Option Agreement or any part thereof shall have any validity or bind any of the parties. 

 

10. Specific Performance.         Upon signing this option agreement, Seller agrees to pay back all expenses incurred in the preparation to close by the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board in the event of a withdrawal by Seller.  Funds paid back will be deposited into the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board Fund.

 

            11.  Certification of Authority to Sign Option Agreement.  The persons signing this Option Agreement on behalf of the Seller and the County certify by their signatures that they are authorized to sign this Option Agreement on behalf of the respective parties, and that this Option Agreement has been authorized by the respective parties. 

 

                                                                                    SELLER

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by ______________________________________________.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                    INGHAM COUNTY

 

 

Date: ______________                                   By:_____________________________

                                                                           Debbie De Leon, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Board of Commissioners

                                                                                   

 

Date: _______________                                 By:_____________________________

                                                                           Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Farmland and Open Space

                                                                           Preservation Board

 

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Debbie De Leon, Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

 


 

PERMANENT CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED OPTION AGREEMENT

 

            This Permanent Conservation Easement Deed Option Agreement (“Option Agreement”) is made and entered into this ____ day of __________, 20__, by and between Lee and Michael Webb (“Seller”), whose address is 5351 W. Columbia, Mason, Michigan 48854, and the County of Ingham (“County”), a political subdivision of the State of Michigan, on behalf of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board, whose address is P.O. Box 319, Mason, Michigan 48854.

 

            1.  Option Agreement.  In consideration of One Dollar ($1.00), Seller grants the County an exclusive option to purchase a Permanent Conservation Easement Deed (“Conservation Easement”) over, under, upon, and across the following described real property located in the Township of Aurelius, Ingham County, Michigan, to-wit:

 

            See legal description attached as Exhibit A.

 

            2.  Period and Exercise of Option Agreement.  This Option Agreement shall remain in effect for one year from the date this Option Agreement has been executed by the parties.  The County may exercise the Option Agreement by giving written notice to the Seller at the address set forth above.

 

            3.  Purchase Price.  The total purchase price for the Conservation Easement shall be Three Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand, Eight Hundred Forty Five and 60/100 Dollars ($364,845.60). 

 

            4.  Closing.  A closing of the purchase and sale of the Conservation Easement under this Option Agreement shall be held within a reasonable time frame of the County’s exercise of this Option Agreement.  Seller shall execute and deliver at closing a Conservation Easement, in a recordable form substantially similar to the document attached as Exhibit B.  Seller shall pay any real estate transfer taxes due upon conveyance of the Conservation Easement.  The County shall pay any recording fees.

 

            5.  Taxes.  All real property taxes shall be paid by Seller.  The County shall have no responsibility for real property taxes. 

 

            6.  Binding Effect.  This Option Agreement becomes effective when signed by the parties, and shall then apply to and bind the Seller and the Seller’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 

           

7.  Waivers.  No failure or delay on the part of either of the parties to this Option Agreement in exercising any right, power or privilege set forth herein shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, power, or privilege.

 

            8.  Amendments.  Modification, amendments, or waivers of any provision of this Option Agreement may be made only by the written mutual consent of the parties.

 

            9.  Complete Agreement.  This Option Agreement and any additional or supplementary documents incorporated herein by specific reference contain all the terms and conditions agreed upon by the parties.  No other agreements, oral or otherwise, regarding the subject matter of this Option Agreement or any part thereof shall have any validity or bind any of the parties. 

 

10. Specific Performance.         Upon signing this option agreement, Seller agrees to pay back all expenses incurred in the preparation to close by the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board in the event of a withdrawal by Seller.  Funds paid back will be deposited into the Ingham County Agricultural Preservation Board Fund.

 

            11.  Certification of Authority to Sign Option Agreement.  The persons signing this Option Agreement on behalf of the Seller and the County certify by their signatures that they are authorized to sign this Option Agreement on behalf of the respective parties, and that this Option Agreement has been authorized by the respective parties. 

 

                                                                                    SELLER

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

 

Date: _________________                 By:_____________________________

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by ______________________________________________.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                    INGHAM COUNTY

 

 

Date: ______________                                   By:_____________________________

                                                                           Debbie De Leon, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Board of Commissioners

                                                                                   

 

Date: _______________                                 By:_____________________________

                                                                           Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson,

                                                                           Ingham County Farmland and Open Space

                                                                           Preservation Board

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Debbie De Leon, Chairperson of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners.

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires:

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN)

COUNTY OF INGHAM)

 

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this ___ day of _________, 20__, by Paul K. Kindel, Chairperson of the Ingham County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Board.

 

 

 

                                                                                    _____________________________

                                                                                                                        , Notary Public

                                                                                    Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    Acting in Ingham County, Michigan

                                                                                    My Commission Expires: